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 Embrace the pace of your own journey
The Year Of Focus: Week 24
Word of the Week: Pace
a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo:
Since I began running in early 2010, I have learned so many lessons in pace. To run a long distance, you need to understand when to reserve your energy and when to push. No matter the distance, I have never been consistent, always running hard...

“Listen to the silence, it has so much to say.” ~ Rumi 
The Year Of Focus: Week 23
Word of the Week: Silence
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.  
I have always loved the sound of silence. Whether returning home after a busy day, or quietly stepping out from a noisy room, I relish the sound of silence. I remember my early appreciation of silence, years ago with young children, once...

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” ~Thomas Jefferson
The Year of Focus: Week 22
Word of Week: Honesty
the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
Growing up, my sister was always the great storyteller of childhood memories, but occasionally I will slip down memory lane recalling a memory from our childhood. And for some reason, when I saw the word for...

A little progress everyday adds up to BIG results.
Year Of Focus: Week 21
Word Of Week:  Little 
in only a small amount or degree; not much; slightly: a little-known work of art; little better than a previous effort.
So often it is the grand gesture that is noticed, but what about all the little things that make a difference in your life and in the lives of others?  I believe the little...

“It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.” ― Steve Maraboli,
Year Of Focus: Week 20
Word of the Week: Clarity
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.In today’s meditation I learned that the practice of yoga began as a way to prepare the body for meditation. It...

 “The Sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us. Journey wisely.” ―Alexandra Elle
The Year Of Focus: Week 19
Word of The Week: Timing
1.   (in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
Oh timing, what a tricky and sometimes perfectly orchestrated thing. How is it you could plan to meet...

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.~ Martin Luther King Jr
The Year Of Focus: Week 18
Word of Week: Arrive
1. to attain the objective in a course or process: to arrive at a conclusion.
I love setting goals, there is always a new 10, 30, 75-day challenge I am willing to try. You can discover a lot about yourself with goals and challenges....

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
~William Arthur Ward
The Year Of Focus: Week 17
Word of the Week:  Seek
to try to find or discover by searching or questioning:I have always been a seeker, striving for meaning, better understanding, and the possibility of learning something new along the way. On a recent car ride with my husband, I made...

 Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.
The Year Of Focus: Week 16
Word of the Week: Rhythm 
movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.There is rhythm in our lives that for me, feels like habits stacked. When I decide to change or learn something new, it takes a shift in perspective to act and create...

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. ~Frederick William Robertson 
The Year of Focus: Week 15
Word of the Week: Forgiveness
  noun
act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.Forgiveness can be a thorny conversation. There are things that feel too painful to forgive, but holding on to bitterness will eventually decay you from the inside. Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness,...